Rings & Things, Fiesta of Gems this weekend

The show is free and open to wholesale buyers with a tax ID number. Retail buyers with an invitation are allowed, if they pay taxes. (Never have I been so happy to be taxed!) If you received a postcard about this show in the mail, be sure to bring it along — that’s the invitation! If you didn’t get a postcard, no worries — you can request an e-mail invite here, and print it out.

Hours for the show, located at the Aggie Park & Banquet Hall, 6205 West Ave. (map), are 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Yep, just Saturday.

The Rings & Things show was in Houston on Friday, but has a couple other Texas stops. The show will be at Austin’s Crowne Plaza Hotel Ballroom, 6121 I-35 North (map), from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, and Dallas’ Best Western Dallas Hotel and Conference Center, 8051 LBJ Fwy. (map), from noon to 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Also this weekend, the Southwest Gem and Mineral Society’s 50th annual Fiesta of Gems show will be at the Live Oak Civic Center, 8101 Pat Booker Rd. in Live Oak (map). Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Parking is free, but admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors 65 years or older and those with a military ID, $2 for students with an ID, and 50 cents for children under 12 years. Print out this flyer for a free kid’s admission!